Education
JAMB Stipulates 16-Year-Age Requirement for University Admission
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has raised concerns about the increasing number of falsified and upwardly adjusted age declarations on NIN slips submitted by candidates.
The exam body is worried about the trend of underage candidates altering their age to gain university admission, calling it dangerous, harmful, and unnecessary.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that JAMB now insists that only candidates who will be at least sixteen years old at the time of admission will be considered eligible for university admission.
According to a statement by the board’s spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, this directive came from the Chairman of the 2024 tertiary admission policy meeting and Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman.
He added that the existing 6-3-3-4 education system will be enforced starting from the 2025 academic session.
The statement read in part, “This decision is based on the discovery of widespread malpractice where some institutions collaborate with candidates to falsify essential details, such as backdating the year of entry and adjusting ages, to use certificates of genuine candidates with similar names. This facilitates illegal admissions and allows fake candidates to participate in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme.”
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